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1963 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc., et al. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

375 U.S. 39 · 84 S. Ct. 8 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 387

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
323
U.S. Reports
375 U.S. 39
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 8
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 387

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc., et al. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence

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